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We all love club sandwiches, right? I mean, chicken, bread, bacon; what’s not to like?

They’re not only tasty, but they’re a pretty good choice when you’re dining out someplace foreign and you can’t decipher the menu or it’s written in one of those goofy ways where people don’t quite understand English and offer baked lamp instead of baked lamb. So that makes the latest club sandwich price index survey from hotels.com even better.

I LOVE this survey. I mean, anyone can tally up the average price of a taxi in various parts of the world. But some creative genius at hotels.com decided to instead study the comparative costs of one of the world’s best lunch treats. The results are surprising and should be treated with joy in Paris, which no longer occupies the top of the CSI (Club Sandwich Index).

According to the latest figures, the world’s most expensive club sandwich can be found in Geneva, Switzerland, where the pleasure will set you back a sizeable - and shocking - $31.34. Next in line was Paris at a still large $28.24, followed by Oslo at $27.49.

Looking to satisfy your cravings and save? Try ordering your club sandwich in New Delhi, where you’ll pay just $9.37. In Mexico City you’ll fork out $10.85, while the third cheapest option globally is in Taiwan ($11.70).

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The survey was based on a the price of a sandwich in 30 hotels in the capital or major tourist city in various countries, looking at three to five-star hotels and taking in 840 hotels around the world.

Thinking of staying in Canada for your holidays this summer? It’ll cost you $15.70 for a club sandwich in Toronto and $15.67 in Vancouver. Montreal? Sorry, you’ll need $16.51. But you’ll pay $14.59 in Calgary and just $12.65 in the bargain city of Halifax.

Other notable cities include $21.24 for a club sandwich in London, $18.02 in New York City and $12.98 in Beijing.

Sexy Tel Aviv ad panned by religious figures

A sleek and chic and sexy ad for tourism in Tel Aviv is being condemned by Canadian rabbis.

As part of its “size doesn’t matter campaign,” the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs has a video out that features a man soaping up in a shower (warning: he’s got a pretty good torso, ladies). After a few seconds, a woman’s feet are seen tiptoeing into the picture, followed shortly thereafter by another set of male feet.

“You don’t want people coming to Israel for sex and that’s almost what it’s suggesting. It’s the ultimate trivialization of the Zionist dream and bordering on the extremely offensive,” said Rabbi Philip Scheim of the Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue in Toronto. Scheim called the video “soft porn” and a “very poor use of communal funds.”

“I would have hoped that even supposed secular Tel Aviv had greater appeal than a shower and a threesome,” said Rabbi Mordecai Zeitz of Montreal’s Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari in comments reported in The Tribune. “It’s unfortunate that we are afraid to market our true essence, especially as part of what the rest of the world considers the Holy Land.”

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